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2. Rules of Engagement

Cloves CarneiroJr. and Tim Schmelmer2

(1)Hollywood, Florida, USA

(2)Broomfield, Colorado, USA

In this chapter, we’ll go over what we call our “Rules of Engagement,” which is a set of principles and best practices we find valuable to follow to ensure an efficient microservices environment. It would be correct to state that this entire book is a collection of what we consider best practices; but the principles we outline in this chapter are a foundation of many of the tools and design ideas we will discuss throughout the book. We have six Rules of Engagement for successfully building applications ...

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